Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso (Come to Me, Paradise) Alexander Iadarola interviews director Stephanie Comilang and composer Why Be regarding their new science fiction documentary film about Filipina migrant workers in Hong Kong. Filipina-Canadian filmmaker Stephanie Comilang’s new film Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso (Come to Me, Paradise) indirectly takes as its subject the increasingly documented struggle of migrant Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong, whose occupation is characterized by rampant conditions of forced labor, exploitation, and… [read more »]

   NAAFI Gave Tribal the Compilation It Deserved Alexander Iadarola Midway through Felipe Calderón’s presidency in 2010, Mexico celebrated 200 years of independence from Spanish rule and 100 years since the beginning of the revolution. Estela de Luz, the Mexico City cultural center helmed with a lavish tower designed to commemorate the occasion, wasn’t finished in time. Arriving in 2011, a year late and at double the estimated production cost, the public embraced it as… [read more »]